Job Role: Fraud Consultant

Location: London / Manchester

Career Level: Consultant (CL9)

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, SONG, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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As a team:

The world around us is changing as everything moves digital, money moves real time and through new technologies and regulation continually evolves. Organisations must continue to innovate to manage their risk. This is where Accenture Risk Consulting comes in, as the world evolves, we are at the forefront of this using cutting edge technologies and advanced analytics advising clients on all aspects of risk everything from fraud & financial crime risk through to Climate Risk.

You'll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. 

In our team you will learn:

• The latest industry innovations in fraud prevention from Behavioural Biometrics through to GenAI
• Skills in the latest technologies that support successful fraud prevention such as cloud & advanced analytics
• How changes in the way that we live and spend our money on impact on fraud trends
• How to deliver innovative solution to tight timelines working as part of a team in a project delivery capacity
• How to build and develop your own brand and career working in the Accenture risk team
• How to mange some of the most complex and large-scale transformational projects specifically in fraud

In this role you will:

• Advise clients on improving fraud prevention, detection, and response utilising skills and experience across policy, process, technology, and data & analytics
• Work with the latest technologies to solve problems related to fraud
• Understand and solve complex business problems and present back solutions to stakeholders
• Be agile and agnostic to solutions as you work with different client circumstances and as fraud & financial crime evolves at an ever-increasing pace
• Have the opportunity to work for global clients with opportunities to travel if you wish
• Write point of views on industry trends
• Support in development of sales proposals and offerings
• Contribute fraud SME knowledge to a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders
• Contribute to the Risk practice community and build a network across Accenture & clients

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

·       Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

·       Strong writing skills.

·       Inquisitive and curious mindset.

·       Ability to think analytically and good attention to detail.

·       Be able to prioritise workloads in a pressured environment with multiple deliverables

·       Bachelor’s degree or above (preferably in maths, economics, accounting, or relevant sciences)

·       Preferably part or fully ACCA/ACA/CCAB/IIA qualified or equivalent experience (2 – 5 years)

·       Additional qualifications such as CISA are beneficial

Set yourself apart:

·       Awareness of emerging assurance &/or internal audit technologies and innovation

·       Some knowledge of products within one or more financial services sectors and an understanding of associated risks and controls (e.g. FX products in Global Markets, Investment products in Wealth Management, etc)

·       Effective at working in different teams for various periods of time

·       Good at building working relationships with both colleagues and client personnel at all levels

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With over 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

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